220 ANCIENT GOLD RING, FOUND AT NORMANTON-BY-DERBY. 
S. George. Indeed, according to Husenbeth, the best authority 
on Saints’ Emblems, each bears a similar shaped red cross on a 
white ground ; and surely the very obvious wings displayed on the 
signet must belong to the Archangel rather than to the earthly 
warrior. 
How a ring made for ecclesiastical use in the reign, probably, 
of Edward III., came to be lost in a field at Normanton-by-Derby, 
it is useless to speculate ; the fact remains that such a ring has 
been found there,and we may congratulate ourselves, and all lovers 
of archeology, that the discovery was made. 
The ring weighs 7 dwt. 8 gs., and measures 3 inches round the 
outside, and ? inch across the hoop; it would fit the index 
finger, or the third finger of an average sized man’s hand. 
